The house where my soul lives : the life of Margaret Walker / Maryemma Graham.

This biography of poet and writer Margaret Walker takes us inside America in the middle of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of one southern black woman who refused to focus on what was not possible, but what was.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graham, Maryemma (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • The House Where My Soul Lives
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements and Sources
  • Timeline
  • Introduction: The Woman We Thought We Knew
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • 1. In This Place Where I Was Born
  • 2. A Preacher's Daughter
  • 3. The Fire Burning Within
  • 4. Get Her Out of the South
  • 5. Goodbye New Orleans
  • 6. The House Where My Soul Lives
  • 7. Brave New World
  • 8. Colleagues and Comrades: South Side Writers
  • 9. Marriage Is a Green Apple
  • 10. The Author of "For My People"
  • 11. Dear Dick
  • 12. As Low Down as the Blues Will Let You Be
  • 13. Time Is a Mighty Healer
  • 14. A Year of New Beginnings
  • 15. October Journey
  • 16. Find Somebody to Love
  • 17. Every Child Is a Book I Didn't Write
  • 18. The Walls of My Prison House
  • 19. All My Roots Are Gathered in One Place
  • 20. Turn Loose and Sink or Swim
  • 21. Jubilee: A Community of Memory
  • 22. A Woman of Ideas
  • 23. To Teach, to Lead, to Change the World
  • 24. The Institute: Race, Region, and a Mission Possible
  • 25. Midwife to a Movement
  • 26. On Being Female, Black, and Free
  • 27. Fame and Infamy
  • 28. Making Peace with My Soul
  • 29. The Outlaw Spirit Prevails
  • 30. Politics and Possibilities
  • 31. Reaping the Whirlwind
  • 32. Call Me Cassandra
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Recommended Reading
  • Index